Vine Academy and Model Farm

Vine Academy and Model Farm We provide SAQA-accredited qualifications in Viticulture and conduct industry research & development.

The Vine Academy is committed to developing and educating young South Africans who are eager to build a bright future in the vine industry. Our primary objective is to address industry-specific challenges, such as improved production levels, employment equity, teaching of scarce and critical skills, black economic empowerment and ensuring the quality of skills delivery. Ongoing research is conducted, and various agricultural techniques are demonstrated at our Model Farm.

01/10/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•. ๐ŸŽ“

That "Congratulations, you've been accepted at VAMF!" e-mail is closer than you think.

If you haven't applied yet, you are missing out. Don't leave your future to the last minute.

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.
๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒWe were privileged to welcome ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐๐จ to the A...
29/09/2026

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ
We were privileged to welcome ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐๐จ to the Academy for a special lecture with our students.

Oscar shared valuable ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, giving our students a broader understanding of the opportunities, challenges and developments shaping the global industry.

His knowledge and experience inspired our students and sparked their enthusiasm for the exciting world of table grape production. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‡

At Vine Academy, we believe that learning from industry experts empowers our students to grow into the agricultural leaders of tomorrow.

๐ŸŒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ Today, we celebrate the beauty of South Africaโ€™s diverse heritage! ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ...
24/09/2026

๐ŸŒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 

Today, we celebrate the beauty of South Africaโ€™s diverse heritage! ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž. โค๏ธ

Our Heritage Day celebration reminds us that although our cultures may be different, they are all part of what makes South Africa beautifully diverse. Letโ€™s honour, respect and celebrate the traditions that make us who we are! โœจ

๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š. โค๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒฑWe were privileged to welcome ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐žฬ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ณ from Alzchem, Germany, who a...
22/09/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒฑ

We were privileged to welcome ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐žฬ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ณ from Alzchem, Germany, who addressed our students on ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฑ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

The session provided our students with valuable industry knowledge and practical insight into ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ-๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐›๐ฎ๐๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

At Vine Academy and Model Farm, we believe in connecting classroom learning with real-world industry expertise โ€” Learn. Empower. Grow. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‡

๐ŸŒฑ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!Ready to Learn โ€ข Empower โ€ข Grow? ๐ŸŒฟApplications for the Vine Academy & Model Farm are now open! T...
17/09/2026

๐ŸŒฑ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!
Ready to Learn โ€ข Empower โ€ข Grow? ๐ŸŒฟ

Applications for the Vine Academy & Model Farm are now open! Take the first step towards a career in Agriculture and Plant Production, with practical experience and industry-focused training.

๐Ÿ“š Apply now and start growing your future!

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

15/09/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ“š

At VAMF, we believe that ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐. Running teaches our VAMFletes discipline, commitment, endurance, focus and resilience โ€” qualities that carry straight into the classroom and beyond.

Every kilometre builds more than fitness. It builds ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ. ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐•๐€๐Œ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง. ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ. ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.

๐ŸŒฑ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ŸŒฑAt Vine Academy & Model Farm, you donโ€™t just study โ€” you gain practical skills, real-w...
10/09/2026

๐ŸŒฑ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ŸŒฑ

At Vine Academy & Model Farm, you donโ€™t just study โ€” you gain practical skills, real-world experience and a pathway to exciting careers in agriculture. ๐Ÿ‡

๐ŸŽ“ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ?
โœ”๏ธ Hands-on practical learning
โœ”๏ธ Industry-focused skills
โœ”๏ธ Supportive learning environment
โœ”๏ธ Opportunities to grow your future

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘‰ Take the first step. Apply now!

๐ŸŒฑ Learn. Empower. Grow.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽ“Applications to study at Vine Academy & Model Farm are still op...
08/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽ“

Applications to study at Vine Academy & Model Farm are still open. If you're ready to turn your passion for agriculture into a career, now is the time to apply!

๐ŸŽ“ NQF Level 4 & 5 Qualifications
๐ŸŒฑ Practical, hands-on agricultural training
๐Ÿšœ Build skills for a career in the agricultural industry

โฐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Donโ€™t miss your opportunity to learn, grow and build your future in agriculture!

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

01/09/2026

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐! ๐ŸŒฟ

Our Top 4 Second year students - ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ž, ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐›, ๐Š๐ž๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐•๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ž๐š๐ง๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง - enjoyed an educational tour to the Western Cape as a reward for their incredible dedication and hard work throughout the year.

This trip was more than just a reward, it was an opportunity to learn, explore and be inspired beyond the classroom.

Watch the full video to see where their journey took them!

๐ŸŽ“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„! ๐Ÿ‡Ready to turn your passion for agriculture into a career? ๐ŸŒฑ Applications are OPEN at Vine Ac...
28/08/2026

๐ŸŽ“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„! ๐Ÿ‡

Ready to turn your passion for agriculture into a career? ๐ŸŒฑ Applications are OPEN at Vine Academy and Model Farm!

Join us and gain practical, hands-on experience while building the skills you need for a future in Viticulture & Plant Production. ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿšœ

โœจ Learn. Grow. Thrive.
๐Ÿ“š Apply now and take the first step towards your future!

Donโ€™t wait โ€” your journey starts here! ๐Ÿ’š

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